Leah Hager Cohen is the author of sev­en nov­els, includ­ing To & Fro, and five works of non­fic­tion, includ­ing Train Go Sor­ry. Among oth­er hon­ors, her books have been longlist­ed for the Women’s Prize for Fic­tion, named a final­ist for the Day­ton Lit­er­ary Peace Prize, and select­ed as best books of the year by the New York Times, Wash­ing­ton Post, San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle, Globe and Mail, Chris­t­ian Sci­ence Mon­i­tor, and Kirkus Reviews. Cohen is the Bar­rett Pro­fes­sor of Cre­ative Writ­ing at the Col­lege of the Holy Cross. She lives in Bel­mont, Massachusetts.